Picture an independent artist who uploaded a few tracks to Spotify five years ago. Today, those songs pull in a trickle of listens, but the artist is still paying an annual fee to their distributor just to keep them online. This is a familiar story in an industry where recurring costs can quietly eat away at already thin profit margins.
It's a financial treadmill that has many creators looking for a different way forward, one built on a pay-once, publish-forever model. That’s the entire premise behind Joose Distro, a digital music aggregator offering lifetime distribution for a single payment. But in a crowded market, does that model really hold up as the better long-term deal?
